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Is Bollywood’s caste of characters changing?
September 26, 2025, 7:07 AM IST
If your only exposure to Indian society is through contemporary Hindi cinema, you might assume that the caste systemis finished – because subjugated castes have virtually disappeared from Hindi films in recent decades. This is…
September 26, 2025, 7:07 AM IST
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Adieu, MiGhty fighter
September 26, 2025, 7:03 AM IST
It was an uncompromising teacher of fighter pilots, a nimble “bird” with handling comparable to a sportscar, but as MiG-21 flies into the sunset today after 60 years of service with IAF, what will be…
September 26, 2025, 7:03 AM IST
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What the Indian government needs to do to counter effect of US tariffs
September 19, 2025, 8:21 AM IST
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times – Dickens encapsulated the vibes of the Industrial Revolution better than anyone else. A somewhat similar vibe is resonating across India’s geo-economic landscape…
September 19, 2025, 8:21 AM IST
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Talking trade with America
September 19, 2025, 8:18 AM IST
On Thursday, Trump announced the resumption of India-US trade talks after a brief stalemate in Aug. His usual strategy of layering new demands on top of his central trade objectives suggests that this fresh round…
September 19, 2025, 8:18 AM IST
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‘Blue economy is our frontier of green growth’
September 19, 2025, 8:05 AM IST
For a nation as vast and diverse as ours, the journey to becoming a developed country, ‘Viksit Bharat’ by 2047, requires us to look at every resource and every available opportunity. And our greatest untapped…
September 19, 2025, 8:05 AM IST
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When skies gather their white robes to retreat
September 19, 2025, 8:03 AM IST
By- Partha Sinha When the first drops of rain touch the earth, it is not only the parched soil that responds. The mind too is stirred. Something hidden begins to move. The dust of summer…
September 19, 2025, 8:03 AM IST
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What Tianjin means, what it doesn’t
September 1, 2025, 8:48 AM IST
For India, Modi-Xi meeting is part of its foreign policy rebalance in a topsy-turvy world. But action needs to follow China’s warm words. And it’s possible for a stable Indo-China relationship to coexist with a…
September 1, 2025, 8:48 AM IST
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Don, as the Sun sets on the American empire
September 1, 2025, 8:36 AM IST
Imperial powers mistake dominance for permanence and blind themselves to decay within. America, ruled by war industry & tech elite, risks treading that same path, led by Trump Trump didn’t create America’s crisis – America…
September 1, 2025, 8:36 AM IST
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Don’t miss Gurbani’s healing touch
September 1, 2025, 8:04 AM IST
Bani Guru, Guru hai Bani…’ Comprising the text of Guru Granth Sahib, ‘Gurbani’ or ‘Baani’ is like a vast, deep ocean of knowledge and divinity. It teaches us how to follow the true path and…
September 1, 2025, 8:04 AM IST
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UGC, please do the math
August 29, 2025, 7:51 AM IST
The undergraduate curriculum of Indian universities is going through a significant overhaul, in which a battered system is sought to be replaced by one whose packaging is colourful and glossy. The outer box is covered…
August 29, 2025, 7:51 AM IST
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The bullet points that explain America
August 29, 2025, 7:42 AM IST
Every rainy season this happens in Indian cities: streets flood, some families lose their homes, and people die. We wonder why no one does anything about it or why it’s never really an election issue….
August 29, 2025, 7:42 AM IST
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‘Group Captain Shukla’s flight was historic on many counts’
August 28, 2025, 7:29 AM IST
Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla’s 18-day stay aboard the International Space Station as part of Axiom-4 mission was historic on multiple counts. It represented India’s growing stature as a participant in global space exploration. Shukla’s flight…
August 28, 2025, 7:29 AM IST
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Will politics get Trump-tariffed?
August 28, 2025, 7:26 AM IST
It is easy to blame Trump for the problems our economy will face in the coming months – as his 50% tariffs hit exports from our labour-intensive sectors like seafood, textiles, gems and jewellery, leather…
August 28, 2025, 7:26 AM IST
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Talk, don’t walk away
August 27, 2025, 5:00 AM IST
Some opposition parties have decided not to join a special group (called JPC) that will study a very important new law. This law says that if the Prime Minister, Chief Ministers or state ministers are…
August 27, 2025, 5:00 AM IST
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The 65 Lakh Question
August 26, 2025, 5:00 AM IST
The Supreme Court told people in Bihar who were wrongly removed from voter lists to use their Aadhaar card to re-enroll. But just using Aadhaar won’t fix all the problems. To get back on the…
August 26, 2025, 5:00 AM IST
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Evergrande’s Big Fall: A Lesson for India
August 26, 2025, 5:00 AM IST
Sometimes when people build too much without thinking, things go wrong. That’s what happened in China with a company called Evergrande. It borrowed a huge amount of money (about $300 billion!) and quickly became the…
August 26, 2025, 5:00 AM IST
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Chill gives way to thaw but India, China must go beyond piecemeal fixes
August 24, 2025, 6:00 AM IST
The signals from Beijing and Delhi are unmistakable. The India-China relationship is being stabilised and rebuilt after it literally fell off the Himalayan cliffs in 2020. While the impetus is a predatory US, Modi and…
August 24, 2025, 6:00 AM IST
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The filter coffee of love: Addictive but unsustainable
August 23, 2025, 8:12 AM IST
They were a perfect match, on paper. Anant, 42, and Maya, 36, looked like the poster couple of Chennai’s idea of balance: modern careers with traditional roots. He loved long business trips, Carnatic music, and…
August 23, 2025, 8:12 AM IST
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When he walks, who gains?
August 21, 2025, 7:51 AM IST
Rahul Gandhi has centred his political identity and brand on walkathons from the very first day he threw himself into the task of mobilising crowds. Bihar’s ‘Vote Adhikar Yatra’ that started Sunday last is his…
August 21, 2025, 7:51 AM IST
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Assert or accommodate: Playbook for India
August 21, 2025, 7:47 AM IST
Depending on whether you are a glass half full or glass half empty kind of person, you can judge the recently concluded Trump-Putin summit either way. Pessimists will say nothing happened towards ending the RussiaUkraine…
August 21, 2025, 7:47 AM IST
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